Operation Zero Tolerance

Operation Zero Tolerance (2007) was a military operation carried out by the US Marine Corps against Iraqi insurgents in Haditha, Iraq during the Iraq War with the goal of protecting the large oil fields and one of Iraq's largest dams.

History
Coalition forces moved into Haditha, strategically located near oil fields and one of the country's largest dams. The local militia established a hit-and-run campaign against the foreign aggressors, with Tariq Greiss instructing the Iraqi insurgents to plant IEDs on the roadsides and to fire on any US Marine Corps soldiers in the area. In response, the Marines launched "Operation Zero Tolerance" to eliminate all pockets of Iraqi resistance in the city. Their forces engaged the insurgents in close fighting in the buildings - which were still adorned with Saddam Hussein posters (as well as posters of the famous drummer Steve Gadd and "The Terminator" posters) - and on the streets, and although the Coalition forces suffered more losses than the insurgents, they were successful in their operation to clear the city of the Iraqi insurgents. Greiss was killed, and Haditha was temporarily under US control.